Pro Tools Tdm

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What does TDM stand for?

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Time Division Multiplexing

(Core technology of Pro Tools)

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TDM Systems:
Refers to ______ _____ Pro Tools systems. "HD" series & older MIX "series"

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Hardware based

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TDM specs:
____ kHz sampling
No ________ ______
____ power
Expandable I/O
___-bit fixed point-to mix engine

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192 kHz sampling
No monitoring latency
DSP power
Expandable I/O
48-bit fixed point-to mix engine

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Whats a voice?

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an audio event.
Pathway to/from storage HD System Specs

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Maximum ____ voices at 44.1/48 kHz

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192 voices

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Maximum 96 voices at ________

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88.2/96kHz

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Maximum ___ voices at 176.4/192 kHz

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36 voices

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First 2 HD cards determine maximum _______

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voices

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A Core card provides ___ voices at 44.1/48 kHz

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96

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1st Accel card adds ___ voices at 44.1/48 kHz

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96

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HW Buffer size:

Buffer for ____-_____ processing
Same as in LE, but no latency except for _____________.

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host-based processing
&
host based processes

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CPU Usage Limit:

CPU ______ ______ to host -based processing.

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resources allocated

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Voice Manipulation:

Choose the ________ in session
Choose how many __________ to run the voices

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# of voices
how many chips

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More voices in session will use ____ chips, leaving fewer for pug-ins.

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DSP

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DAE Playback Buffer:

Memory used to buffer _________
Does NOT affect __________

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disk reads
throughput latency

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Hardware Setup:

Stored with ______, not _______.

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system not session

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Hardware Setup:

Choose physical I/O for ___ discrete channels.

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16

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Hardware Setup:

Configure output ________

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mirror

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Hardware Setup:

Set input/output ______ level

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reference

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I/O Setup:

Naming & assignment of...

(4 things)

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Inputs
Outputs
Buses
Inserts

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I/O Setup:

Saved with ______

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Session

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I/O Setup:

Can be _____/_____

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imported/exported

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I/O Setup:

Never use ____ ____

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last used

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I/O Setup:

define Path

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a grouping of inputs, outputs, or buses

(Can not have 2 paths assigned to the sam input/output)

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I/O Setup:

define Sub-Path

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A path within a path

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Use I/O Setup to....

Name paths for ______ _____.
Reassign paths to _______ _______ ___.

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connected devices

different physical I/O